When It Comes to Electricity, Will We All Become Puerto Rico?
With its use of distributed power plants, the island offers a lesson on how the mainland grid can survive the age of AI.
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How Utilities Can Do Less and Make More Money
Michael Lee, founder of Distributed Grid, says the cost-of-service model is increasingly out of step with today’s grid realities. He argues for a distributed grid where utilities are paid for outcomes such as affordability, reliability and speed to power, rather than for expanding rate base.
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The Significance of the Google/Voltus Deal Beyond the Megawatts
By creating virtual power plants, tech companies can give something back to the community and maybe ease some of the opposition to data centers.
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Calling Distributed Energy “Rinky-Dink” Gets the Grid Wrong
Local solar, batteries, EVs and virtual power plants aren’t sideshows. They’re becoming core grid resources.
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The $67 Billion Utility Deal That Could Reshape the Grid Edge
The proposed NextEra–Dominion merger could create a distribution powerhouse as data centers, microgrids and customer-sited energy begin reshaping the electric system.
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How to Achieve True Energy Abundance: Start Local
Three grid experts say the US needs a new blueprint to fix its power system, one that creates energy abundance from the bottom up.
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Ameresco and VoltaGrid Deals Show Investor Appetite for Energy Alternatives
New investments involving VoltaGrid and Ameresco underscore rising demand for behind-the-meter power and renewable natural gas.
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Follow the Money and the Bees: Why a Former Hedge Fund Guy Likes Agrivoltaics
What do toll roads and honeybees have to do with solar energy? More than you might think, as I found out in my conversation with Andy Karetsky, CEO of Skyview Ventures.
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Colorado Becomes Fourth State to Legalize Plug-In Balcony Solar
Plug-in balcony solar is emerging as a new and disruptive distributed energy technology, embraced by yet another state.
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Is it the 1970s All Over Again for Renewable Energy?
Five decades ago, a worldwide oil crisis put renewable energy on the radar of governments and consumers. Here we are again, but this time, renewables have a lot more muscle.